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Today's Inspiration

by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

The focus for today's inspiration is:

I practice being flexible in my thoughts, attitudes, and actions.

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When I think of being inflexible, the image comes to mind of having one's feet stuck in cement, or perhaps in quicksand. A person in that situation is either stuck in place and unable to move, or sinking in the mess they have stepped into - whether it's their own mess or someone else's.

I believe, that flexibility is of primordial importance for us to: 1) change our life and 2) change our world. If we keep doing the same thing, we get the same results (which is also a definition of insanity). If we want different results -- whether we are talking our health, our job, our relationships, our world -- we need to be flexible and try different things in different ways. 

Just because we have "always" believed something or done something a certain way does not mean we have to continue doing so. We can choose to be flexible and experiment with different beliefs, attitudes, and actions. 

Today, I practice being flexible... in my thoughts, my attitudes, my goals, my actions, and my life.

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For more reflections on this topic, read the InnerSelf.com article:

What's The Next Step? Stretching My Body and My World
Written by Marie T. Russell

Read the article here.

 

This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of  flexibility (today and every day)

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Today, we practice flexibility by stretching our boundaries.

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About The Author

Marie T. Russell is the founder of InnerSelf Magazine (founded 1985). She also produced and hosted a weekly South Florida radio broadcast, Inner Power, from 1992-1995 which focused on themes such as self-esteem, personal growth, and well-being. Her articles focus on transformation and reconnecting with our own inner source of joy and creativity.

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